I’d read someplace that there was one woman like this for every man. One evil bitch, or not evil, but one that could scar your soul, shred it to a bloody pulp, just with a glance. With a thought, even. Snare, trap you, talk you into anything. One you’d do anything for, knowing you didn’t even love her. Knowing it was only want, desire. One that could drive you into black madness, into a deathless, grinning glassy-eyed hell.

Alex reflects on Petra’s hold over him.

— 13 French Street (Gil Brewer, 1951)


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